Empathology: The 9 Habits of Empowered Empaths

An empath is much more than someone who can feel other people’s emotions.

Empaths are invaluable beings on the planet with a unique ability to step outside their own experiences and know what others are feeling and thinking. For many empaths, this happens automatically because there’s little to no instinctive differentiation between self and the rest of the universe—including other people. While this results in destructive boundary issues when we’re not centered and living in our truth, it can be a gift empowered empaths use to serve others and the collective.

But…

Your higher self only gives you as much as you can explore at a given time. Many empaths today are being called to heal from the “pitfalls” of being an empath they’ve succumbed to.

Many empaths are dealing with different combinations of these issues:

Being easily bogged or burdened by others’ emotions.

Feeling drained around certain people or in crowds.

Experiencing mood changes based on your environment and people you’re around; feeling like your emotional experience is out of your control.

Confusing the pain of others as your own, and caring for others more than you care for yourself sometimes.

Feeling overwhelmed or overstimulated by the “chaos” of daily life (including being highly sensitive to noises, lights and movements).

Psychic vampires (people who use psychological manipulation to trigger you emotionally).

Psychosomatic illness (pains, sensations or illnesses that can’t be explained by Western medicine).

Being an empath is part of your spiritual awakening. When being an empath becomes a problem in your life, that’s when your soul is trying to make your gifts apparent to you. However, it’s hard to unlock them and unblock yourself in a world where this information isn’t distributed.